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House Bill 2463 |
House Author: Price |
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Effective: Vetoed |
Senate Sponsor: Hughes |
House Bill 2463 amends the Government Code to require executive branch state agencies to develop and annually update a written succession plan identifying and developing mechanisms to ensure the transfer of institutional knowledge from experienced and retiring employees who are not appointed by the governor or the agency's governing body to succeeding employees. The bill requires a state agency to annually submit the plan to the state auditor and post the plan on the agency's website. The bill requires the state auditor to include certain information regarding the succession plans in the auditor's annual report on classified employee turnover.
Governor's Reason for Veto: "State agencies should be encouraged to continually consider new ideas and new perspectives in a constant effort to reduce cost and improve service for the taxpayers. While House Bill 2463 was well-intentioned, its practical effect could have been to encourage a business-as-usual culture in state government. Bureaucracies are too often inclined to resist innovation and place an outsized value on the organization's old way of doing things. State employees should be encouraged to propose better ways to serve the taxpayers, not taught to do their job just the way their predecessor did it. Additionally, the purposes of House Bill 2463 are, in many respects, already achieved by Section 2056.0021 of the Government Code, which provides that 'a state agency shall conduct a strategic staffing analysis and develop a workforce plan, according to guidelines developed by the state auditor, to address critical staffing and training needs of the agency, including the need for experienced employees to impart knowledge to their potential successors.'"